Yakov Lerner wrote:
After certain 3-step manipulation with tabs,
can't quit vim with :q!. (vim 7.0.42). Tabline is
not updated properly.
% vim -u NONE -U NONE
ixescmake 1st buffer modified
:tabnewcr create 2nd tab
ixescmake 2nd buffer modified
:tabclose! 1 delete non-last tab
^^^ watch the tabline after tabclose command.
My own text-style tabline (recently published one one of these lists)
shows only one tab. Also, in gvim -u NONE the tabline disappears at this
point, meaning there is only one tab. I'm using a Huge 7.0.42 with
GTK2-GNOME GUI. However, with gvim -u NONE I notice a long delay before
the tab bar changes from Empty to [No Name + ][No Name + ] and the
cursor returns from the command-line to the file window when _opening_
the 2nd tab.
What version/patchlevel of Vim 7 are you using? Have you set 'tabline'
'showtabline' and/or the e flag of 'guioptions', and to what? What do
you see with -u NONE ?
PROBLEM #1 here: tabline shows 2 tabs but this is
wrong; only 1 tab exist at this point
:tabs confirm that ony 1 tab exists
:q!
E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
E162: No write since last change for buffer [No Name]
^ PROBLEM #2: can't quit vim here, must resort to kill
Yakov
After :tabclose! 1 the modified buffer in the closed tab is hidden,
not abandoned (just like with :only!). Thus you cannot quit Vim except
with :qa! (which works, I checked), or by bringing the hidden buffer
to the front and quit!ting it, writing it, or otherwise making it
unmodified (e.g. :set nomod or undo all changes).
After closing tab 1, :ls! shows 2 modified buffers, the first of which
is hidden. After :q! I see two buffers, the second of which is hidden.
Doing :q! again swaps them again. :enew! followed by :q! brings
(with an error) the modified buffer to the front, with two other buffers
(both unhidden and unmodified) in the buffer list. Now :q! or :enew!
| q closes Vim.
Best regards,
Tony.
